Location: Main hall

Designation: Set of five spires

Chronology: Visigothic period, 6th – 7th centuries

Production site: Alcàsser

Material: Bronze with vitreous paste

Dimensions:

• The longest: 7cm long, 0.80cm wide.
• The shortest one: 5cm long, 0,50cm wide.

Use and function: Ornamental accessory

Description: Five bronze needles inlaid with vitreous paste found in the joint burial pit of the Senda de la Horteta in Alcàsser. They used to be used as ornamentation, most commonly on women and girls. We can think that they were commonly used for hair. It seems that each needle has a vitreous paste of a different colour. The shape in which the paddling is made resembles a type of flower. Simple needles with flower-shaped decoration around them.

State of preservation: Good

Restoration: Made by Belén Martínez in October 2023, through the Consellería de Cultura museum grant

Provenance of find: Archaeological site of the Senda de la Horteta (Alcàsser), necropolis.